It’s that time of year when businesses start planning their holiday parties, parties which have the potential to go horrifically wrong if things get out of hand, or the company does a poor job planning and preparing. National Federation of Small Business State Director Dawn Starns says harassment awareness is at an all-time-high, so don’t incentivize inappropriate behavior.More

Tomorrow is Small Business Saturday, a celebration of local business sandwiched between Black Friday and Cyber Monday. State director of the National Federation of Independent Business, Dawn Starns, says if you spend local, that money tends to stay local.

NFIB Index of Small Business Optimism is at an all-time high
as we enter 2018. The yearly index is a barometer for the general mood of small
business owners across the US. A sharp rise in optimism was logged after the
2016 election, and Louisiana NFIB Director Dawn Starns says a lot of that has
to do with the Trump administration’s promise of regulatory rollback and tax
cuts…

Small business optimism nationwide is near a record high, according to the National Federation of Independent Business. NFIB State Director Dawn Starns says we haven’t seen this kind of optimism in 34 years, when the economy was booming during the Reagan administration.

Starns credits the positivity to the push for tax reform in Washington D.C.More

Today and tomorrow, Louisianans will be able to purchase school supplies and other items at a reduced state sales tax rate of 3%, compared to the normal 5%. National Federation of Independent Business State Director Dawn Starns says she hopes small businesses will see an increase in business but it was more beneficial for retailers when the law allowed for tax free weekend.More

Small business optimism dipped in June, according to the National Federation for Independent Business. State director Dawn Starns says they saw increased optimism at the beginning of the year entering the new administration, but that has since dwindled due to gridlock in Congress. More

Small businesses oppose increasing the state’s gasoline tax. Dawn Starns, state director of the National Federation of Independent Business, says they surveyed their members and 73% oppose a gas tax hike. Starns says small business owners want to see better roads but...

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to reduce regulations on small businesses and the National Federation of Independent Business is eagerly awaiting to see which restrictions are cut. State Director Dawn Starns says this order can only help business owners run and grow their businesses.More

A survey from the National Federation of Independent
Business finds small business optimism increased substantially in December.
NFIB state director Dawn Starns says optimism has been skyrocketing since the
November election and the positive outlook is felt here in Louisiana too.More